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S. D. REYNOLDS.

WAGON.

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WAGON.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL D. REYNOLDS, OF DEKALB, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MADISON D. SHIPMAN,CHARLES E. BRADT, AND SAMUEL E. BRADT, OF DEKALB,

ILLINOIS.

WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,933, dated June 10,1902.

Application filed June 4, 1895. Serial No. 551,599. (No model.)

a citizen of the United States, residing in De-.

kalb, in the county of Dekalband State of Illinois, have invented a newand usefullmprovement in Wagons, of which the following is aspecification.

. This invention relates to certain improvements in reachless wagons.One feature of it relates to the construction of the joint by which thefront axle is swiveled to the body, another part of the invention to theconstruction of the axles, and athird part to the means for adjustablysecuring the rear axle to the body.

Theobject ol' the invention is to improve the construction and operationof'theseparts.

In the accompanying drawings I show at Figure 1 a bottom plan of myimproved wagon, at Fig. 2 a side elevation of the same, the wheels beingomitted. Fig. 3 is a top view of the front axle. Fig. 4 is a section onthe line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a partial vertical section transverseto the rear axle, and Fig. 6 is a section on thelineG 6 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, A A represent the supporting-wheels; B, the front axle;C, the rear axle; D, the body or box, having a straight and unbrokenbottom, and E the tongue of the wagon. The king-bolt F, which unites thefront axle to the body, is located some distance back of the axle, asshown, and is secured to the body or box. By thus locating it the axleis permitted a much greater swiveling movement without bringingthe'wheels against the wagon body than is possible where the pivot islocated directly at the axle,

ably extend from the rear end of plate F to a junction withtheaxle. Thehounds arebraced from the axle by braces f The plate F is adapted toprevent any tendency to turn upon its axis by the axle. G is a roller orwheel between the wagon-body and the axle'or parts attached thereto. Itis preferably journaled or mounted in one part or the other-that is tosay, on the axle or the wagon-body. I prefer to mount it on the axle, asillustrated in the drawings. Notwithstanding this rearward location ofthe king-bolt the weight of the wagon-body is transmitted directly tothe axle by means of the antifriction vertical wheel or roller'G,

and that it embodies no large surfaces which rub against and wear oneanother away, as in many forms of fifth-wheels, and that there need beno perceptible friction at the kingbolt, in which respects myinventionis an improvement over preceding styles of wagons.

The axles are of unusual construction. Instead of the square or nearlysquare timber usually employed in them I make them of planking, thethickness of which is not less than the largest internal diameter of theskein N, and the width of which is greater than its thickness andstiffen and strengthen them by means of a pair of truss-rods O O andstruts or blocks P P. The ends of the rods are bent upward to passthrough the axle and the inner edges of the skeins at both top andbottom and are provided with nuts bearing upon said upper edge, so thatthe rods serve the additional function of holding the skeins in place.By employing plank wider than the ordinary axle I am enabled toduplicate the truss-rods, and thus obtain a very unusual amount ofstrength in them.

Therear axle is like the front one, in that it is made of planking" andis trussed-inithe same manner. Itis adapted to be attached to the box orbody either between the crossbars Q and Ror R and S of the boxby diagonal bolts T T. These bolts are bent over at the toptoform hooks t,adapted to engage the upper ends of the standards U, rising from thecross-bars, at either end of the same,.and

passing through loops it upon the sides of the box, said standards beingrendered very firm by this construction. At their lower ends the boltspass through the inclined ends of a plate V, located immediately belowthe lower inner edge or flange of the skein and held in place by thetruss-rods which extend through it. The bolts may be tightened orreleased by the nuts 10 upon their lower extremities. This feature ofconstruction allows the rear axle to be positioned between either pairof the crossbars, according to the load to be carried, and the changesof position are quickly effected, as the nuts to only need to beloosened to release the bolts from the standards.

The pivot g of the antifriction-roller is preferably sustained in splitbearings L, supported in loops L, which pass through openings in theplate F and the axle, and are provided at their upper ends with nuts L,whe1'eby they may be drawn together, the upper half of the bearingbeing confined between the lower half and the under surface of the axle.These loops may serve also as the means of attaching the plate to theaxle. It is obvious that the roller may be attached to the plate in anysuitable manner, or it may be secured to the wagon-body and the track orway to the plate. One marked advantage in the use of this roller tocarry the front end of the wagon-box is that the box is relieved of thetwisting or straining movement imparted to it by the ordinaryfifth-wheel or bolster (which is entirely dispensed with by myconstruction) by the front-Wheels when passing over uneven ground, asthe rear end of the of the box is only carried by the rear axle.

I claim 1. The wagon having a front axle swiveled upon a king-boltlocated in the rear of the axle, and also having a roller supported inthe axle and adapted to sustain the weight of the wagon-body,substantially as specified.

2. The four-wheeled reachless wagon having a front axle swiveled upon aking-bolt located in the rear of the axle, and secured in the box orplatform, and having its box or platform extended over and supportedupon the front axle and also fixed to and incapable of vertical movement011 the rear axle, substantially as specified.

3. The four-wheeled reachless Wagon the box or platform whereof isrigidly attached to. the rear axle, and is also joined to the front axleby a king-bolt located in the rear of the latter, the box or platformbeing supported from the front axle bya pivoted roller carried on thataxle,substantially as specified.

4. The reachless wagon having its front axle swiveled upon a king-boltlocated in the rear of the axle, and also having a roller pivoted in theaxle and adapted to sustain the weight of the body, substantially asspecified.

5. The wagon wherein are combined the front axle, the plate or frame F,the roller let into the axle and plate, and means for supporting theroller and attaching the plate or frame to the axle, substantially asspecified.

6. The wagon wherein are combined the swiveled front axle, the king-boltlocated back of the axle, plate or frame F, the yoke fand hounds fjoined to the axle, substantially as specified.

7. The combination in an axle of a Wide Wood body, parallel truss-rods,and a roller G let into the body at the central longitudinal planethereof, substantially as specified.

8. The combination of the wagon-body having the side standards U, of therear axle, and the bolts extending from the axle and engaging saidstandards, substantially as specified.

9. The combination of the wagon-bodyhaving the side standards U, of therear axle, and the bolts extending from the axle and detachably engagingsaid standards, substantially as specified.

10. The combination of the wagon -body having three or more standards Uupon each side, of the rear axle and bolts T, T, extending from the axleto the standards and having their ends fashioned to detachably engagesaid standards,substantially as specified.

11. The combination of the wagon-body having the side standards U, ofthe rear axle, the plate V, and the bolts passing through said plate andengaging said standards, substantially as specified.

SAMUEL D. REYNOLDS.

YVitnesses:

SAMUEL PETERSON, 1. J. ADAMS.

